usm_coh_mus-ohmaples mus-ohmaples coh usm yes Oral history with Judge Darwin Maples Maples, Darwin, 1926- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Judges--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi Veterans--Mississippi Maples, Darwin, 1926- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 Oral history. Interview conducted on July 29, 1997 with Judge Darwin Maples (born approximately 1925). Judge Maples served as judge for almost thirty years over George, Jackson, and Greene counties, beginning in 1962. He was instrumental in curtailing Ku Klux Klan activity at the time of the Vernon Dahmer trials. This interview is part of the Civil Rights Documentation Project, funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Ward, Tom Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) Mississippi Oral History Program Collection (Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive) 2000-05-01 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,4943 Digital reproduction of print document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 695, pt. 2, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1997-07-29 Mississippi Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. 20090817 151132